Can't watch rented movies on iPad

because my internet connection is so much better on my laptop than on my iPad, I rented two movies for an upcoming trip and when I tried to transfer them to my iPad, I can't.  I'm getting an error that you must watch the movies on the device where they were downloaded.
I would like to find out if I can cancel the movie rentals so I can try downloading them directly to my iPad.

Unless someone else has a suggestion, you'll need to go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
and follow the instructions to report the issue to the iTunes Store.
Regards.

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